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What is the impact of ICH on adverse reaction reporting in the frame of pharmacovigilance

The agreement on the specifications for the electronic exchange of Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) as a result of ICH has changed the way of exchanging pharmacovigilance information.

The implementation of the ICH standards by all parties involved will result in the replacement of paper reporting by a more efficient and rapid electronic exchange of information and the capability of regulators and pharmaceutical industry to use pharmacovigilance data in a more standardised way.

The ultimate goal is that national Competent Authorities in the EEA, and pharmaceutical companies extract ICSR data from their locally established pharmacovigilance database and transmit these data electronically in the internationally agreed format to one or many receivers where the information can be automatically processed and evaluated

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Last update: Monday, 29 May 2006.

 

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